Legal Opinion
Securitypoint Holdings, Inc. v. Transportation Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 2, 2016No. 13-1068PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
In SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc. v. TSA, 769 F.3d 1184 (D.C. Cir. 2014), we vacated an order of the Transportation Security Administration for want of reasoned deci-sionmaking and remanded the case for further proceedings. SecurityPoint now seeks an award of attorneys’ fees as a prevailing party under the- Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) (2012). We conclude that SecurityPoint is a prevailing party and, in doing so, overrule Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Maritime Subsidy Board, 901 F.2d 1119 (D.C. Cir. 1990), as inconsistent with the…
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